Mr. Maraj’s wife ignored questions as she left her home with a young boy and hopped in a maroon minivan.

Neighbours said they were stunned by the charges.

“I was shocked!” a 73-year-old neighbor told the Daily News. “I was upstairs in the office. “My wife called and said, ‘You’ll never believe what I just heard on the news.’”

“They’re very friendly, always call me by my name and wave to me,” the neighbour added. “Nothing unusual. No rowdiness. No noise.”

Maraj is due back in court on December 9.

Nicki Minaj, one of hip-hop bigwigs, contributed about $30,000 (Ksh3.1 million) for her brother’s wedding at the Coral House in Baldwin in late August.

“I love my brother so much man. Can’t believe I cried during his wedding and his first dance like a punk,” 32 year old Minaj wrote on Instagram at the time.“May God bless him and his union,” she added.